4 Powers exercisable in connection with Zimbabwe’s becoming independent.U.K.
(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council—
(a)make such modifications of any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or of any instrument having effect by virtue of such an enactment as appear to Her to be necessary or expedient in consequence of section 1 or 2(1);
(b)make such provision as appears to Her to be necessary or expedient for regulating the satisfaction of claims against any assets in the United Kingdom owned by, or held by any person on behalf of, the Government of Zimbabwe as the successor in title of the Government of Southern Rhodesia.
(2)An Order in Council under this section may be made at any time after the passing of this Act but, if made before Independence Day, shall not come into force before that day.
(3)Any provision made by Order in Council under this section after Independence Day may be made with retrospective effect as from Independence Day or any later date.
(4)Subject to subsection (5), any provision made by an Order in Council under this section with respect to any such enactment or instrument as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) shall, except in so far as the Order otherwise provides, have effect as part of the law of every place to which the enactment or instrument in question extends.
(5)An Order in Council under this section shall not have effect as part of the law F1. . . of any country or territory for whose government, at the date on which the Order is made, Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have no responsibility.
(6)The power of modification conferred by subsection (1)(a) applies to enactments and instruments whenever passed or made.
(7)No recommendation shall be made to Her Majesty to make an Order in Council under this section unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4(5) repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 44, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Gp. 1